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To help promote local innovations, Burkina Faso hosted the Innovation Fair Farmers in West Africa.

Burkina Faso hosted on 15 and 16 May the Innovation Fair Farmers in West Africa (FIPAO). This event aimed to draw attention to farmer innovation and the role of peasant producers in agricultural research, and to facilitate interaction, linkages and learning between all relevant actors. It also helped promote family farming through the development of innovative farmers.

A view of the audience at the opening ceremony of the innovation fair where farmer innovators, organisations, policymakers, stakeholders and the general public came to see the showcased innovations. See more

Hamadou Oumarou recognized for his technique backwaters weed cutting for agriculture and social.

Group photo with Jury members, the winners and organizers.

In addition to presenting the innovations, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) sponsored a video contest to document farmer innovations in the face of climate change. Video-makers from Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal prepared videos that were screened at the fair. See the videos.